Everybody knows that any good “Tron” movie needs a bold color palette, a creative sense of futurism, and cutting-edge technology to bring it all to life. And, yes, obviously Daft Punk, too. We’re still waiting for official word on the electronic music group’s official involvement this time around, but everything else should be present and accounted for in “Tron: Ares.” Today, Disney unveiled its first look almost 15 years after “Tron: Legacy” came out and well over 40 years after the original. Check out the image in full below!
The press release notes that production officially began in January of this year in Vancouver and that the film is scheduled to release sometime in 2025. The film is directed by Joachim Rønning, the Norwegian filmmaker behind “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” and “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.” In a statement, the director said, “I’m excited to be part of the TRON franchise and bring this new film to fans around the world. ‘TRON: Ares’ builds upon the legacy of cutting-edge design, technology and storytelling. Now more than ever, it feels like the right time to return to the Grid.”
We even received a tantalizing new synopsis describing the plot of the threequel, describing the story as:
“Tron: Ares” follows a highly sophisticated Program, Ares, who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind’s first encounter with A.I. beings.
We presume the individual in the image is Ares and played by Jared Leto, but otherwise, we know that Leto is joined by a cast that includes “Past Lives” breakout star Greta Lee, former X-Men Evan Peters, comedian Hasan Minhaj, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan, and Gillian Anderson.